"Marylebone, November 1968. Detective Sergeant Breen has a death threat and two burned bodies on his hands. One is an unidentified vagrant; the other the wayward son of a rising politician. One case suffers the apathy of the police force; the other is obstructed by a PR-conscious father. When the potential perpetrator of his death threats is murdered, Breen becomes a suspect. Out in the cold, banished from a corrupt system, Breen is finally forced to fight fire with fire."--Publisher description.